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eppur_se_muova

(36,260 posts) Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:09 PM Sep 2018

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Note to Chris Matthews: You're thinking of the wrong family ...

Trumps aren't the Romanovs, they're the Borgias.

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Note to Chris Matthews: You're thinking of the wrong family ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Sep 2018 OP

True.. but Matthews, a lifelong Catholic, won't use a Pope analogy, even the most corrupt of Popes hlthe2b Sep 2018 #1

I'd say they are closer to the Ponzi family after Charlie Ponzi got sent to the slammer. mulsh Sep 2018 #2

Wrong. The Kallikak Family is much more apt ... marble falls Sep 2018 #3

hlthe2b

(102,228 posts)

1. True.. but Matthews, a lifelong Catholic, won't use a Pope analogy, even the most corrupt of Popes

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:15 PM

Sep 2018

mulsh

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2. I'd say they are closer to the Ponzi family after Charlie Ponzi got sent to the slammer.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:39 PM

Sep 2018

The Romanovs and Borgias had both power an money. Ponzi just had that scheme.

marble falls

(57,077 posts)

3. Wrong. The Kallikak Family is much more apt ...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 08:06 PM

Sep 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kallikak_Family

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